Changed state to track a hash

app.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import hashlib
 import pandas as pd
 import gradio as gr
 from gradio.themes.utils import sizes
@@ -77,12 +78,14 @@ with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Default(text_size=sizes.text_lg)) as demo:
     def update_current_dataframe():
         global current_dataframe
         new_dataframe = fetch_hf_results()
+        new_hash = hashlib.sha256(pd.util.hash_pandas_object(new_dataframe).values).hexdigest()
 
         # Check if data has actually changed
-        if not current_dataframe.equals(new_dataframe):
-            print(f"TMP Dataframe has changed at {get_time()}. New value will be {data_version.value + 1}")
+        if new_hash != data_version.value:
+            print(f"TMP Dataframe has changed at {get_time()}. Old hash: {str(data_version.value)[:8]}, new hash: {str(new_hash)[:8]}")
             current_dataframe = new_dataframe
-            return data_version.value + 1  # Increment version to trigger updates
+            data_version.value = new_hash # Increment version to trigger updates
+            return new_hash
         return data_version.value
 
     timer.tick(fn=update_current_dataframe, outputs=data_version)
@@ -288,4 +291,4 @@ with gr.Blocks(theme=gr.themes.Default(text_size=sizes.text_lg)) as demo:
     )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    demo.launch(ssr_mode=False, share=True)
+    demo.launch(ssr_mode=False)

submit.py

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ def make_submission(
         raise gr.Error("Please provide a model name.")
     if not model_description:
         model_description = ""
-        # raise gr.Error("Please provide a model description.") # Not mandatory anymore
     if str(registration_code).strip().upper() != REGISTRATION_CODE:
         raise gr.Error(
             "Invalid registration code. Please register on the <a href='https://datapoints.ginkgo.bio/ai-competitions/2025-abdev-competition'>Competition Registration page</a> or email <a href='mailto:[email protected]'>[email protected]</a>."